Mechanical Music Digest  Archives
You Are Not Logged In Login/Get New Account
Please Log In. Accounts are free!
Logged In users are granted additional features including a more current version of the Archives and a simplified process for submitting articles.
Home Archives Calendar Gallery Store Links Info
MMD > Archives > December 2004 > 2004.12.26 > 01Prev  Next


CDs of Band Organs at Tilden Park, Berkeley
By Marc Elbasani

Dear MMDians,  I have received a complete set of the band organ CDs
produced by A. B. Bonds as a Christmas gift from a friend, and they
have now rekindled my appreciation for band organs.  I must say that,
insofar as basic field recordings of the merry-go-round band organs
at Tilden Park are concerned, they are fantastic.

This is the perfect time for stimulation of this sort, as I am about
to depart for a brief time from the field of architecture to that of
organ building.  I will soon be working for the organ building firm
Schoenstein & Company, in their new plant at Benecia, California.
They are the largest pipe organ firm west of the Rockies and I expect
that they intend to make me their master voicer, with good luck to me
and by God's Grace.

I want to also take a moment to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
I can assure you that many organs of many kinds are currently playing
and that people all about the city and so on are enjoying the sounds
of this season.

All the best,

Marc Elbasani
Berkeley, Calif.


(Message sent Sat 25 Dec 2004, 09:15:44 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

Key Words in Subject:  Band, Berkeley, CDs, Organs, Park, Tilden

Home    Archives    Calendar    Gallery    Store    Links    Info   


Enter text below to search the MMD Website with Google



CONTACT FORM: Click HERE to write to the editor, or to post a message about Mechanical Musical Instruments to the MMD

Unless otherwise noted, all opinions are those of the individual authors and may not represent those of the editors. Compilation copyright 1995-2024 by Jody Kravitz.

Please read our Republication Policy before copying information from or creating links to this web site.

Click HERE to contact the webmaster regarding problems with the website.

Please support publication of the MMD by donating online

Please Support Publication of the MMD with your Generous Donation

Pay via PayPal

No PayPal account required

                                     
Translate This Page